Paul Romero wrote:
> I have an elementary question about the SSH
> private key . It is used only in authentication,
Yes, only for authentication.
> or at other times during an SFTP transaction ?
No, other keys and algorithms are negotiated as part of setting up
the connection. (Even before authentication.)
Enable debugging in libssh2, or run OpenSSH ssh -vvv when logging in,
to get a lot of information about the messages back and forth, as
part of setting up a session.
And of course there's always the RFCs. :)
//Peter
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Received on 2010-07-21